Entries from Firth 1985 in Pollex-Online
Firth, R. (1985). Tikopia-English Dictionary/Taranga Fakatikopia ma Taranga Fakainglisi. Auckland, Auckland University Press
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tikopia | Komo/ti | Enclosed, plugged |
| Tikopia | Kona | Area of belly below navel |
| Tikopia | Konaa | Intoxicated, poisoned |
| Tikopia | Kona | Highly flavoured, pungent, bitter |
| Tikopia | Kona | Pouch made by fold in man's waistcloth |
| Tikopia | Koni-a | Copulate |
| Tikopia | Kono | Groan, grunt with effort of excreting, giving birth |
| Tikopia | Kope/kope/nga | Goods, valuables |
| Tikopia | Kopi | Hold, awkwardly, as under arm; tuck under |
| Tikopia | Kosi | Pinch out (as a bud, some powder etc.) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Kotee | Babble, chatter |
| Tikopia | (Ko)koti | Cut into pieces |
| Tikopia | Koto | Pinch off, pick, pluck |
| Tikopia | Kotou | Second person plural subject clitic pronoun |
| Tikopia | Kotou | Pron. 2 pers. pl. |
| Tikopia | Kovii | Wretched object, esp. as jesting term |
| Tikopia | -ku | First person singular (possessive) |
| Tikopia | Kuu | Rotten |
| Tikopia | Ku(a) | Past action or state accomplished |
| Tikopia | Kuanga | Waist, trunk (of tree), shaft of penis |
| Tikopia | Kuku | Clinch, close the hand |
| Tikopia | Kuku | To grate (turmeric) |
| Tikopia | Kuukuu | An unidentified bird, described as a dark petrel, but actual existence doubtful |
| Tikopia | Kuti | Scoop-net |
| Tikopia | Kura | Honoured, of ritual value |
| Tikopia | Kuri | Dog (Gaimard) |
| Tikopia | Kura | Boiler for food (Modern) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Kumari | Rat (a less common name than *ngaringari*, given as alternative by Pa Fenuatara, 1929)) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Kumete | Bowl |
| Tikopia | Kumi | Ten fathoms |
| Tikopia | Ku/kumi/ | Squeeze, express, press |
| Tikopia | Kumi/a | Strangled |
| Tikopia | Kumu | Rub eyes Problematic |
| Tikopia | Kupenga | Net |
| Tikopia | Kupu | Word, stanza of a song |
| Tikopia | Kusa | Mucus from mouth or nose of a person about to die |
| Tikopia | Kutu | Head louse |
| Tikopia | Ia | He, she, it |
| Tikopia | Ia | Emphatic, specifying or confirming particle |
| Tikopia | Ia | Exclamation: here it is! |
| Tikopia | Ifi | Tahitian chestnut (Inocarpus fagiferus) |
| Tikopia | Ika | Fish, including turtle and cetaceans |
| Tikopia | Ike | Barkcloth beater of Casuarina wood |
| Tikopia | Ira | Natural mark on skin |
| Tikopia | Iramutu | Sister's child |
| Tikopia | Iri | Fan (n) |
| Tikopia | Surumaki | Prepare oven; cook food |
| Tikopia | Iro | Maggot |
| Tikopia | Iroa, iloa | Know, understand, recognise |
| Tikopia | Inaki | Offering of floor mat and thatch sheet in temple |
